I was wondering, out of all the new TiVOs being sold today, are any of them "faster" than the other?

I do not need more than 2 Tuners, so the standard Premiere seems to fit the bill. However, does the new Premiere 4 have a faster CPU or anything else other than 2 extra tuners to make it more desirable?

I was wondering, out of all the new TiVOs being sold today, are any of them "faster" than the other?

I do not need more than 2 Tuners, so the standard Premiere seems to fit the bill. However, does the new Premiere 4 have a faster CPU or anything else other than 2 extra tuners to make it more desirable?

Thanks!

In addition to the extra tuners, the new units have MoCA. Anecdotally, the 2-tuner units may be more responsive. The processing power is the same across all series 4 boxes.

Tivo is supposed to release a stream client that functions like the current Stream, but works with TVs. Don't know of any other details or release date though.

That is not entirely correct They are releasing the Mini.

This will allow you to add basically a Hard Drive less Tivo to another TV. Giving you all of the options a current Tivo does without a HD. It also does not have an actually TV Tuner. What it will do via MOCA is lock down a tuner from your other Premiere to watch Live TV on it.

A 2-tuner Premiere in the standard SDUI mode (standard def menus) is the fastest configuration.

Do you need a second box for recording capability, or do you just want an extender to playback recordings from the DVR, and maybe watch live TV occasionally?

If you just need an extender, there is a new device coming soon called the Tivo Mini. But it apparently requires a 4-tuner box at first. There will be a software update at some point in the future that will remove that requirement.

The primary benefit of moca is basically the ability to use your existing coax as networking cables. You can connect the Tivo wirelessly with an adapter if you want, but a wired connection is always optimal if you want to stream between multiple devices. Or you can just use ethernet too.